Tool for splicing cords.



M. D. KILMER.

TODL FOR SPLICING CORDS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1913.

1,083,497, Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

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MELVIN D. KILMER, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 WILLIAM P. MAYER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TOOL FOR SPLICING CORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6,1914.

Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 753,007.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MELVIN D. KILMER, citizen of the United States of America, residing at 6001 Quinby avenue, Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Splicing Cords, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a tool for splicing cords.

It relates more especially to a tool for splicing cords for windows.

This tool is especially designed to be used when it is desired to change the present style of window sashes which move perpendicularly into window sashes which may be swung vertically. In the old style of windows the cords are connected near the tops of the sashes. In the swinging sash construction the cords are connected near the bottom. To make the change necessitates longer cords. To remove the old cords and substitute new cords adds to the expense of making the change. The use of the invention herein set forth avoids the necessity of such change, as a short piece of cord may be spliced to the old cord, making a cord of sufficient length to be connected to the bottom of the sashes. Obviously, this splicing must be done so that there is no increase in the size of the cord. Hence a butt splice is made.

It is, therefore, the object of this invention to produce a tool which will splice the two pieces of cord end to end or make a butt splice.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter pointed out.

In the annexed drawings: Figure 1 represents an end view of the tool open, gripping the splicer to be used. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3, a top view. Fig. 4, a view of the tool closed. Fig. 5, a view of two ends of cords .with the splicer in place after the tool has been operated.

In these drawings: The numeral 1 designates a pair of pliers to which the invention is applied. These pliers 1 have the handles 2 and jaws 3. The jaws 3 are made with several teeth 4 and 5, the teeth 4 of one jaw being out of line with the teeth 5 of the other jaw so that when the jaws are closed the teeth of one jaw pass the teeth of the other jaw, as shown in Fig. 4. These jaws 8 have at their inner ends 6 on the inside substantially curved surfaces 7, at the outer ends of these curved surfaces 7 recesses 8. These curved surfaces? are preferably semi-circular. These pliers are to be used with the splicer 9. This is a piece of metal such as shown in the figure, rectangular in shape and having the projection 10 made therein, which may be done by punching. This splicer is placed between the jaws 3 of the pliers 1, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the edges 11 of the splicer 9 being caught in the recesses 8. The two ends of the two pieces of cord are then placed lengthwise in the splicer, the ends touching each other endwise. The splicer 9 is then forced around the two ends of the cords by pressure upon the handles 2 of the pliers. This causes the splicer 9 to firmly grip the ends of the cords, the projections 10 being forced into the material of the cords. As the jaws 3 are moved together the edges 11 of the splicer 9 are caught in the recesses 8 and the splicer is thus forced into the shape indicated in Figs. 4 and 5. As this action takes place the portions of the jaws 3 beyond the recesses 8 pass one another, the teeth 4: and 5 interlocking.

Having described the invention, what I claim is:

1. Splicer pliers for splicing cords endwise provided with jaws having curved surfaces and recesses at the outer ends of the curved surfaces.

2. Splicer pliers for holding and operating a splicer for splicing cords endwise consisting of handles and jaws, the jaws having teeth provided at their inner ends with semi-circular surfaces and recesses at the outer ends of these semi-circular surfaces, the teeth of one jaw being out of line with those of the other jaw.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MELVIN D. KILMER.

Witnesses E. E. KILMER, WM. P. MAYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

